Identification card



(No Model.)

H. PINCUS. IDENTIFIGATION CARD.

Patented Nov. 3, 1891. 1 13.].

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WITNESSES WJN'MV A HORNE Y yaw HENRY PINCUS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y,ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS,

TO THE IDENTIFICATION CARD COMPANY, OF SAME ATENT OFFICE.

PLACE.

IDENTIFICATION-CARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 462,584, dated November3, 1891.

Application filed August 23, 1889.

T0 (LZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY PINGUS, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements inIdentification-Cards, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the arrangement of the means of identificationupon an identification-card, so called, and to be used like a passportby travelers and others for the purpose of confirming the personality ofthe bearer.

The invention consists in the improved construction and combination ofparts, as hereinafter more fully set forth and described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure I represents a face view of anidentificationcard unfolded einbodyin my invention. hi II represents across-section thereof. Fig. III represents a perspective view of thefolded card and cover.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts.

The card proper is composed of a sheet of paper which is usually foldedinto three parts or leaves A 13 C, and attached by one of said leaves,preferably by the middle one, to one side of a two-part folded cover I)for inclosing the card. Said attached middle leaf A of the card isintended to receive a description of the person to be identified, andone outer leaf B to receive Inemoranda, such as the name, &c., ofreferences, while on the other outer leaf C is mounted in any usual orsuitable manner a sheet E, containing a photo graph of said person. Saidmounted sheet E also contains the written signature of the personrepresented by the photograph and a certificate of identity signed by anotary public orothor officer and attested by his seal, the whole beingintegral with said sheet, as shown. sion formed in a well-known mannerand is at that part of the photographic sheet E which contains the saidwritten signature, or, in other words, is opposite the signature, thusbringing the latter either partly or wholly The said notarial seal is animpres Serial No. 321,783. (No model.)

within the area of the seal, and inasmuch as the impression has theeffect of unfitt-ing the paper to be writtenupon, the signature isthereby practically canceled and an erasure or alteration effectuallyprevented. Said impression of the seal is formed in the leaf C of 5 thecard, as well as the photographic sheet E mounted thereon, causing thesetwo parts to interlock and assume a fixed relation to each other,whereby an attempt to remove the photographic sheet and replace it byanother may be at once detected, due to the impracticability ofsuccessfully reproducing the characterot' the seal in the substitutedsheet.

It should be remarked that instead of a notarial seal any other suitableimpression or line of perforations may be employed for effecting thedesired purpose.

I am aware of the United States Patent No. 47,798 and the EnglishPatents Nos. 385,

3,365, and 3,557, and I do not claim as my in- "ention the devices shownin either of said patents.

I claim- The identification card herein described,

consisting of the two-part folded cover D tity on said leaf, one outeror detached leaf 8c projecting beyond the contiguous part of thecoverand containing menmranda of references, and the other detached leafbeing entirely within its contiguous part of the cover,

and a sheet of photographic paper upon said last-named detached leafcontaining a photograph of a person, the signature of the personrepresented, a certificate stating the name of the person represented,and the seal of the otlicer certifying thereto, which is impressedthrough the photograph, the signa ture of the person represented, thecertificate, and the main sheet, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

HENRY IINCUS. Witnesses:

FRANCIS 0. Downs, CnAs. \VAHLERS.

